Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 37 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
The magic of a name
SOME years ago we were privileged to view a film describing the activities of Rolls‐Royce Ltd. which had been given the particularly apposite title: ‘The Magic of a Name’. Magical…
‘1,000 Lives saved’: The Development of Martin‐Baker Ejection Seats
TWENTY‐ONE years devoted to the development of ejection seats, 24,000 seats built for more than forty nations and now one thousand lives saved—that is the proud record of the…
Fablon Plastic Film for Component Protection
A Description of the Manner in which Fablon Clear Self‐Adhesive Plastic Film is Being Used in the Aircraft Industry to Protect a Wide Variety of Structural Components and…
Dixi 75 ANE Numerically‐Controlled Horizontal Jig Borer for Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd.
A Description of the Dixi Machine Tool which is being used by Sperry to Machine Components for the Ship's Inertial Navigation System and for Twin Gyro Platforms. AS one of…
Selecting Adhesives for Structural Metal Bonding
Mrs H.R. MerrimanA Review of the Properties and Applications of High‐Strength Metal‐to‐Metal Joints and Sandwich Constructions Bonded with High‐Strength Adhesives. TODAY'S adhesives are the…
Anglo‐French Secondary Radar
A Description of the New Secondary Radar System, SECAR, which has been developed jointly by The Marconi Company and Compagnie Francaise Thomson Houston to provide a Comprehensive…
Development of Vibration Isolators for Aircraft Equipment: .
J.A. CramerBackground to the Requirement for Vibration Isolators in Aircraft, their Development and a Description of the Latest Techniques Employed by Cementation (Muffelite) Ltd. WHEN…
Ear‐to‐ground
In parallel with the Viper 11 powered BAC.145 programme which is being carried out under Ministry of Aviation contract and which consists of the conversion of two Jet Provosts to…
Personalities in the news
PALMER AERO PRODUCTS LTD. Mr J. C. Cahill has been appointed Marketing Manager of Palmer Aero Products Ltd.—the B.T.R. Industries subsidiary. Mr P. J. Taylor has been appointed…
Research and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. In many applications for which Hoffman precision bearings are utilized, such as gyros and inertial navigation equipment, the…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. A new bayonet‐operated, quick‐acting, self‐sealing coupling has been introduced…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. This issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING contains a detailed account…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. Recently demonstrated in London by…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and their Components. A range of tape‐controlled milling machines, known as…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Technical Reports and Translations of the United States…
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- Prof Phil Webb